This book gives you a glimpse into the fascinating world of herbs - plants with a secret power.

This hard back encyclopedia contains hundreds of different types of herbs, all of which are illustrated with beautiful photographs

Each type of herb is thoroughly described, with special details on what each one was used for in the past and how they are used today

It even gives you instructions on how to grow the herbs yourself

All the main culinary and medicinal herbs are included and in addition it gives you an overview of the main spices, poisonous and narcotic herbs, plants used as dyes, aromatic herbs and plants used for cosmetic purposes

Plus tropical and subtropical plants and takes you on a journey to very diverse cultures in different parts of the world

A great book for everyone who is interested in herbs and their benefits and uses.

All the plants in this encyclopedia have one thing in common - humans can benefit from them in some way